AbuImran said: We went out on an expedition from Medina with the intention of (attacking) Constantinople. AbdurRahman ibn Khalid ibn al-Walid was the leader of the company. The Romans were just keeping their backs to the walls of the city. A man (suddenly) attacked the enemy. Thereupon the people said: Stop! Stop! There is no god but Allah. He is putting himself into danger. AbuAyyub said: This verse was revealed about us, the group of the Ansar (the Helpers). When Allah helped His Prophet ﷺ and gave Islam dominance, we said (i.e. thought): Come on! Let us stay in our property and improve it. Thereupon Allah, the Exalted, revealed, "And spend of your substance in the cause of Allah, and make not your hands contribute to (your destruction)". To put oneself into danger means that we stay in our property and commit ourselves to its improvement, and abandon fighting (i.e. jihad). AbuImran said: AbuAyyub continued to strive in the cause of Allah until he (died and) was buried in Constantinople. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 2512)   

النَّاسُ مَهْ مَهْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ يُلْقِي بِيَدِهِ إِلَى التَّهْلُكَةِ فَقَالَ أَبُو أَيُّوبَ ؓ إِنَّمَا أُنْزِلَتْ هَذِهِ الْآيَةُ فِينَا مَعْشَرَ الْأَنْصَارِ لَمَّا نَصَرَ اللهُ نَبِيَّهُ وَأَظْهَرَ الْإِسْلَامَ قُلْنَا هَلُمَّ نُقِيمُ فِي أَمْوَالِنَا وَنُصْلِحُهَا فَأَنْزَلَ اللهُ تَعَالَى {وَأَنْفِقُوا فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ وَلَا تُلْقُوا بِأَيْدِيكُمْ إِلَى التَّهْلُكَةِ} [البقرة 195] فَالْإِلْقَاءُ بِأَيْدِينَا إِلَى التَّهْلُكَةِ أَنْ نُقِيمَ فِي أَمْوَالِنَا وَنُصْلِحَهَا وَنَدَعَ الْجِهَادَ قَالَ أَبُو عِمْرَانَ فَلَمْ يَزَلْ أَبُو أَيُّوبَ يُجَاهِدُ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ حَتَّى دُفِنَ بِالْقُسْطَنْطِينِيَّةِ وَقَدْ مَضَى فِي هَذَا الْمَعْنَى أَحَادِيثُ  

[Machine] "A man said to the Prophet ﷺ on the Day of Uhud, 'O Messenger of Allah, if I am killed, where will I be?' He ﷺ said, 'In Paradise.' He then threw some dates in his hand and fought until he was killed. And this is the narration of Ahmad ibn Shayban."  

رَجُلٌ لِلنَّبِيِّ ﷺ يَوْمَ أُحُدٍ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنْ قُتِلْتُ فَأَيْنَ أَنَا؟ قَالَ فِي الْجَنَّةِ فَأَلْقَى تَمَرَاتٍ كُنَّ فِي يَدِهِ ثُمَّ قَاتَلَ حَتَّى قُتِلَ وَهَذَا لَفْظُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ شَيْبَانَ  

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ sent Busaisah as a scout to see what the caravan of Abu Sufyan was doing. He came (back and met the Prophet in his house) where there was nobody except myself and the Messenger of Allah. I do not remember whether he (Hadrat Anas) made an exception of some wives of the Prophet ﷺ or not and told him the news of the caravan. (Having heard the news), the Messenger of Allah ﷺ came out (hurriedly), spoke to the people and said: We are in need (of men) ; whoever has an animal to ride upon ready with him should ride with us. People began to ask him permission for bringing their riding animals which were grazing on the hillocks near Medina. He said: No. (I want) only those who have their riding animals ready. So the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and his Companions proceeded towards Badr and reached there forestalling the polytheists (of Mecca). When the polytheists (also) reached there, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: None of you should step forward to (do) anything unless I am ahead of him. The polytheists (now) advanced (towards us), and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said. Get up to enter Paradise which is equal in width to the heavens and the earth. 'Umair b. al- Humam al-Ansari said: Messenger of Allah, is Paradise equal in extent to the heavens and the earth? He said: Yes. 'Umair said: My goodness! The Messenger of Allah ﷺ asked him: What prompted you to utter these words (i. e. my goodness! ')? He said: Messenger of Allah, nothing but the desire that I be among its residents. He said: Thou art (surely) amona its residents. He took out dates from his bag and began to eat them. Then he said: If I were to live until I have eaten all these dates of mine, it would be a long life. (The narrator said): He threw away all the dates he had with him. Then he fought the enemies until he was killed. (Using translation from Muslim 1901)   

بَعَثَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ بُسَيْسَةَ عَيْنًا يَنْظُرُ مَا صَنَعَتْ عِيرُ أَبِي سُفْيَانَ فَجَاءَ وَمَا فِي الْبَيْتِ غَيْرِي وَغَيْرُ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ لَا أَدْرِي مَا اسْتَثْنَى بَعْضَ نِسَائِهِ فَحَدَّثَهُ الْحَدِيثَ قَالَ فَخَرَجَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَتَكَلَّمَ فَقَالَ إِنَّ لَنَا طِلْبَةً فَمَنْ كَانَ ظَهْرُهُ حَاضِرًا فَلْيَرْكَبْ مَعَنَا فَجَعَلَ رِجَالٌ يَسْتَأْذِنُونَ فِي ظُهْرَانِهِمْ فِي عُلْوِ الْمَدِينَةِ قَالَ لَا إِلَّا مَنْ كَانَ ظَهْرُهُ حَاضِرًا فَانْطَلَقَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَأَصْحَابُهُ حَتَّى سَبَقُوا الْمُشْرِكِينَ إِلَى بَدْرٍ وَجَاءَ الْمُشْرِكُونَ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لَا يُقْدِمَنَّ أَحَدٌ مِنْكُمْ إِلَى شَيْءٍ حَتَّى أَكُونَ أَنَا أُوذِنُهُ فَدَنَا الْمُشْرِكُونَ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ قُومُوا إِلَى جَنَّةٍ عَرْضُهَا السَّمَاوَاتُ وَالْأَرْضُ قَالَ يَقُولُ عُمَيْرُ بْنُ الْحُمَامِ الْأَنْصَارِيُّ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ جَنَّةٌ عَرْضُهَا السَّمَاوَاتُ وَالْأَرْضُ؟ قَالَ نَعَمْ قَالَ بَخٍ بَخٍ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مَا حَمَلَكَ عَلَى قَوْلِكَ بَخٍ بَخٍ؟ قَالَ لَا وَاللهِ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِلَّا رَجَاءَ أَنْ أَكُونَ مِنْ أَهْلِهَا قَالَ فَإِنَّكَ مِنْ أَهْلِهَا فَأَخْرَجَ تَمَرَاتٍ مِنْ قَرَنِهِ فَجَعَلَ يَأْكُلُ مِنْهُنَّ ثُمَّ قَالَ لَئِنْ أَنَا حَيِيتُ حَتَّى آكُلَ تَمَرَاتِي هَذِهِ إِنَّهَا لَحَيَاةٌ طَوِيلَةٌ قَالَ فَرَمَى بِمَا كَانَ مَعَهُ مِنَ التَّمْرِ ثُمَّ قَاتَلَهُمْ حَتَّى قُتِلَ  

[Machine] Awf ibn 'Afrah ibn Al-Harith said, "O Messenger of Allah, what makes the Lord, blessed and exalted, laugh at his servant?" He (the Prophet) said, "When he sees him plunging his hand into battle, fighting furiously, so Awf removed his armor, then he moved forward and fought until he was killed."  

عَوْفُ ابْنُ عَفْرَاءَ بْنِ الْحَارِثِ ؓ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ مَا يُضْحِكُ الرَّبَّ تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى مِنْ عَبْدِهِ؟ قَالَ أَنْ يَرَاهُ قَدْ غَمَسَ يَدَهُ فِي الْقِتَالِ يُقَاتِلُ حَاسِرًا فَنَزَعَ عَوْفٌ دِرْعَهُ ثُمَّ تَقَدَّمَ فَقَاتَلَ حَتَّى قُتِلَ  

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ sent Abdullah bin Mas'ood and Khabbab on a secret mission, and he sent Dihyah on a separate secret mission alone.  

قَدْ بَعَثَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ عَبْدَ اللهِ بْنَ مَسْعُودٍ وَخَبَّابًا سَرِيَّةً وَبَعَثَ دِحْيَةَ سَرِيَّةً وَحْدَهُ  

[Machine] About the companions of the well of Ma'unah, they saw birds hovering over the remains of their companions. So, one of them said to 'Amr bin Umaiyah, "I will go forward to face these enemies, and they will kill me, but I will not abandon the scene where our companions were killed." He did so, and he was killed. Then 'Amr bin Umaiyah returned and narrated what had happened to the Prophet ﷺ . The Prophet ﷺ said a good statement about him, and it is said he said to 'Amr, "Why didn't you move forward and fight until you were killed?" Ash-Shafi'i (may Allah have mercy on him) said, "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ sent 'Amr bin Umaiyah Ad-Damri and a man from the Ansar on a separate mission, and he also sent 'Abdullah bin Unais on a separate mission, and we have mentioned their chains of narration in this book."  

عَنْ أَصْحَابِ بِئْرِ مَعُونَةَ فَرَأَى الطَّيْرَ عُكُوفًا عَلَى مَقْتَلَةِ أَصْحَابِهِ فَقَالَ لِعَمْرِو بْنِ أُمَيَّةَ سَأَتَقَدَّمُ عَلَى هَؤُلَاءِ الْعَدُوِّ فَيَقْتُلُونَنِي وَلَا أَتَخَلَّفُ عَنْ مَشْهَدٍ قُتِلَ فِيهِ أَصْحَابُنَا فَفَعَلَ فَقُتِلَ فَرَجَعَ عَمْرُو بْنُ أُمَيَّةَ فَذَكَرَ ذَلِكَ لِلنَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَقَالَ فِيهِ قَوْلًا حَسَنًا وَيُقَالُ قَالَ لِعَمْرٍو فَهَلَّا تَقَدَّمْتَ فَقَاتَلْتَ حَتَّى تُقْتَلَ قَالَ الشَّافِعِيُّ رَحِمَهُ اللهُ وَبَعَثَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ عَمْرَو بْنَ أُمَيَّةَ الضَّمْرِيَّ وَرَجُلًا مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ سَرِيَّةً وَحْدَهُمَا وَبَعَثَ عَبْدَ اللهِ بْنَ أُنَيْسٍ سَرِيَّةً وَحْدَهُ وَقَدْ ذَكَرْنَا إِسْنَادَهُمَا فِي هَذَا الْكِتَابِ